William Makepeace Thackeray wrote the novel Vanity Fair in 1846 and it was published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848,
The novel takes place in the early 1800s, in the first years of the Victorian era, when the country was submerging into a strong and oppressive conservative way of life.
The plot tells the saga of two families during the Napoleonic wars.
Confirmation is a holy sacrament, it is performed or received after you have been baptized When you are baptized, you receive the Holy Ghost and the sacrament of Confirmation validates, or confirms the strenght received by the baptism. There must be a preparation course (spiritual) to receive the Confirmation, it must be received in a state of "grace" (after a confession) and it must be performed by a Bishop. The Roman Catholics receive the Confirmation between the ages of 12 and 17.
Answer:
“The painter's face curdled with scorn "You think I'm proud of this daub?" he said. "You think this is my idea of what life looks like?"
"What's your idea of what life looks like?" said the orderly.
The painter gestured at a foul drop cloth. "There's a good picture of it," he said. "Frame that, and you'll have a picture a d*** sight more honest than this one.”
Explanation:
The painter does not view life as enjoyable in any way. He views it to be as bad as a foul cloth. He knows that there is so much chaos, and that he is living only to die. This leads him to taking his own life, rather then letting the government take it from him; he doesn't view life as a "worth it" affair
